I AM GOING TO
10 8 2016 I’m going to let her go.I’m going to cry in my sleep tonight.I’m going to hold a sip of bourbonin my mouth until my tongue goes numb.I’m…
RAPE CULTURE IN THE U.S. ELECTION
I have stayed out of the public discussion of this election cycle in the United States until now and now my heart is on fire and I will not choke…
WATER IS LIFE: ELEMENTAL
I CONTINUE TO STAND WITH THE PROTECTORS AT STANDING ROCK.Honor the Laramie Treaty of 1868.WATER IS LIFE.An excerpt from my poem, Elemental: The Voices I Head, in the voice of…
GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
Be the change you wish to see in the world. – Gandhi I had this quote on my office door at Penn State for many years, and it was the header…
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the United States. As we enter this month, my hope is as it has been for the more than twenty years of…
BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS
BOOM…racing through Terminal A of Atlanta Airport finds me stunned and overjoyed to see this sign in the middle of the terminal: HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS NOT WELCOME. This is the…
WE ARE PROTECTORS, NOT PROTESTORS
“We are the protectors, not the protesters. We are peacefully defending our land and our ways of life.” — Iyuskin American Horse, Sicangu (Burnt Thigh)/Oglala Lakota, from Rosebud Indian Reservation,…
PRAYERS FOR PEACE FROM SHIPROCK SUNDANCE
I’m sending out prayers for peace from the border of Arizona and New Mexico, with Shiprock rising up in the distance. We’re here for our Annual Sundance and my heart…
SUPREME COURT DENIES GUNS TO DOMESTIC ABUSERS
BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of prohibiting those convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors from legally owning or possessing firearms. Supreme Court Just Ruled that Domestic Abusers Can’t…
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
Today, for every father, of blood and heart, who held their children as they grew. I was raised by a man who was not my blood father, but whose spirit…
JOE BIDEN WRITES AN OPEN LETTER TO STANFORD SURVIVOR
I read this letter that Vice President Joe Biden wrote to the Stanford survivor in tears for how it is one more example of the turning point that we are…
REMOVE JUDGE PERSKY FROM THE BENCH – STANFORD RAPIST SENTENCING
Beautiful people, please considering signing and sharing this petition from Ultra Violet, demanding the removal of Judge Aaron Persky from the bench for his unconscionable sentencing of convicted Stanford University…
STANFORD RAPE VICTIM READS AN OPEN LETTER TO HER RAPIST
*** TRIGGER WARNING*** This letter is the response of a rape survivor to the sentencing of her attacker, which she read in court to the man convicted of assaulting her…
BADASS BLUESMEN AND DORA HONOR PRINCE
Beautiful people, what a night we had. I was so excited to join master musicians Bob Livingston, founder of the legendary Lost Gonzo Band in Austin, Texas and Don Conoscenti, multi-instrumental singer-song writer…
BADASS BLUESMEN AND DORA HONOR PRINCE
Beautiful people, what a night we had. I was so excited to join master musicians Bob Livingston founder of the legendary Lost Gonzo Band in Austin, Texas and Don Conoscenti, multi-instrumental singer-song writer and composer, for a new combination of…
Dora, Prince, Rumi & 12 Bar Blues with Bob Livingston and Don Con
Dora joins master musicians Bob Livingston, bluesman and founder of the Lost Gonzo Band in Austin TX, and Don Conoscenti, multi-instrumental singer-song writer, for a new combination of 12-Bar Blues…